Usain Bolt Quotes
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It is hard to watch myself. I'm hypercritical, and it's difficult to watch a performance when I may end up being at odds with it - wishing I'd done something differently or that they had edited it a certain way.
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Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose.
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I read comics and I did science, and never really put them together until I accidentally found myself in the middle of one.
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I think of myself as a cover girl. But I would never do some kind of cheesy magazine.
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I'm either enjoying myself or I'm not. And if I'm not enjoying myself, something's gone terribly wrong.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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I wrote 'Criminal' in 45 minutes when everyone else went to lunch because I had to have a hit. I can force myself to do the work, but only if someone is right up behind me.
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I base myself in African-derived music. Blues is one of the modern forms of African music.
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You know, I have a lot of books on my iPad, but when I try to read them, I find myself wandering off to play games. Those are books I'm interested in. I can't imagine what would have happened to me in college if my biology class had been on the same computer as 'Words With Friends' and 'Doom.'
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No one put pressure on me to go to the Olympics; once I'd got the qualifying mark, I just couldn't say no.
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By 17, I was modeling and had bought myself a flat. I've always tried to be self-sufficient.
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I'm never in my life going to do a record that's a tribute to myself. I don't need it.
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I went to find myself and save myself by being an agent.
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I just want to be myself and go for my own dreams and goals.
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As I have got older, I have become easier on myself. It's about realising things can't be perfect.
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I try to take the time to appreciate and I certainly do appreciate and I do feel proud but that is probably one of the things I need to work on, building a bit of time for myself.
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I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.
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I grew up with three little brothers. Every Christmas, we'd have piles of toy trucks and Lincoln Logs and G.I. Joes under the tree. Those were for them. For me? My No. 1 favorite present of all time: books. Two or three tall stacks of wonderful stories that I could lose myself in for weeks.
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The title 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' is meant to be a deconstruction of a stereotype, and the whole show is about deconstructing the boxes that we're supposed to be put into. We like taking apart the tropes and the stereotypes and explore the nuances, so 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' is a label that we go deep underneath to explore.
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What is negotiation but the accumulation of small lies leading to advantage?
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I'm not one of those people who needs that gratification of doing, like, 10 films a year.
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Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last-far off-at last, to all, And every winter change to spring.She sleeps: her breathings are not heard In palace chambers far apart. The fragrant tresses are not stirr'd That lie upon her charmed heart She sleeps: on either hand upswells The gold-fringed pillow lightly prest: She sleeps, nor dreams, but ever dwells A perfect form in perfect rest.
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I don't put myself under pressure.
